Overwhelming majority of Jewish Israelis say Gaza op justified

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Jewish public backs operation, army, even though it is divided over its outcome; most want to topple Hamas.

By Haaretz | Aug. 22, 2014 | 8:10 PM |

A broad consensus of the Israeli public still justifies Operation Protective Edge, a month after Israel's government launched it, even though uncertainty remains about how the offensive against Hamas in Gaza will turn out, according to the latest Peace Index.

The Peace Index is a joint project of Tel Aviv University and the Israel Democracy Institute, which have released monthly polls about attitudes toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 1994.

The pollsters found that support for the operation prevailed across the political spectrum despite "domestic debates on how Israel should handle the indirect talks with Hamas and on whether the campaign was conducted appropriately on the operational and humanitarian levels."

A solid majority - 92% - of the Jewish Israeli public was in agreement on at least two other issues – pessimism about the lasting effects of the operation on rocket fire from Gaza and optimism about Israel's future.

Support levels reached 97% on the moderate right and 95% on the moderate left, while right-wing respondents, at 89%, were more critical of Israel's conduct during the campaign and its results so far, according to the report released Thursday. Justification among the left was the lowest at 67%. Some two-thirds of the Arab-Israeli public stated that the operation was not justified.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.611987

[Viva_Daddy]

1. Not surprised, but then overwhelming majority of Americans supported Iraq War.

But then, hindsight is usually much better than foresight.

[Jefferson23]

2. Mowing all those small blades of grass, many have a stomach for it..unfortunately. n/t